April 24. 1915 



H E T I C U L T TJ E E 



571 



Flower Market Reports NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers O nly 



(Continued from pmge s6g) 



and bear it." But it is up to the wise 

 ones to find a way to increase the 

 dally distribution of this enormous 

 product, so that it finds a market at 

 some sort of a price and is not alto- 

 gether wasted. At such times the 

 puerility of such utterly insignificant 

 effort as a "Mothers' Day" publicity 

 campaign becomes dishearteningly ap- 

 parent. "The mountain labored and 

 brought forth a mole hill." 



Crops continue to 

 PHILADELPHIA pour in and the 



commission men 

 have to work like beavers. They 

 work and they work and they work. 

 They hustle and better than hustle. 

 But, nevertheless, the market will not 

 absorb the supplies no matter what the 

 price. If the retailer hasn't made lots 

 of money the past three weeks it's not 

 the fault of the situation. He could 

 buy anything and everything at his 

 own figure. In the general sacrifice 

 the lower grades of everything suffered 

 first and worst. Probably the only ex- 

 ception to this was the short carnation. 

 This item came up fairly well as com- 

 pared with select stock. Violets are 

 nearly over — quality very poor. Same 

 Is true of the southern daffodils. The 

 first cuts of the Spanish iris crop 

 clean up pretty well — especially the 

 blues. The whites come next in popu- 

 lar favor. Very little call for the yel- 

 lows. The grower should take this tip 

 and grow very few yellows, at least for 

 the Philadelphia market. White and 

 lavender lilac still a staple, there being 

 no outdoor stock arriving as yet. In 

 greens, smilax and asparagus still re- 

 main a little on the short side. 



Local florists 

 SAN FRANCISCO have had a fair- 

 ly satisfactory 

 ■week following the quiet period just 

 after Easter. Nothing special has 

 happened to stimulate business in any 

 particular direction, but a rather brisk 

 house trade, a little more than normal 

 amount of decorative work and the 

 other usual outlets have absorbed the 

 week's offerings quite readily. There 

 is little change in market conditions, 

 "with the exception that some lines are 

 in better supply while others are be- 

 coming scarce, which affects their val- 

 ues to a certain extent. Orchids have 

 appeared in more liberal quantities; 

 roses are plentiful, German and Span- 

 ish iris is coming in freely and the sup- 

 ply of gladiolus is ample for all needs. 

 On the other hand violets are practi- 

 cally off the market; tulips have had 

 a decided drop, and lilacs will not last 

 much longer. Late daffodils have been 

 coming in, but few more are expected. 



Market conditions have 

 ST. LOUIS not improved any since 



the last report. Receipts 

 have been immense Southern consign 

 ments help to fill up our already over- 

 crowded market and prices are so loiv 

 on some stock that hardly express 

 charges will be realized. Only the ex- 

 tra fancy stock in roses and carna- 

 tions have brought anything like a 

 price. Sweet peas have been cut so 

 low that quotations would hardly look 

 right in print. liulh stock, both local 

 .and southern, sold very low. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas . ■_ 



I '^'^t, LonKifloniin . 



Rubrum 



Lily of the Valley-.- 



Daises 



Violote 



Snapdragon ' 



Iris.. 



Freesias 



Daffodils 



Tulips 



Sweet Peas 



Com Flower 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per ic») 



'* *• & Spren (loo bunches). 



The local fiower 

 WASHINGTON market is now 



reaching a more 

 normal stage, but the exchange men 

 and -wholesalers are finding it very dit- 

 ficult to move stock in any quantli^. 

 Carnations constitute a glut such as 

 has not been seen here for some time; 

 snapdragon is without any value what- 

 soever, and the shipment of Southern 

 daffodils have been simply overwhelm- 

 ing. Of lilies there were left over from 

 Easter enough to last through the 

 month. The worst of the sweet pea 

 glut seems to be over. Lily of the val- 

 ley remains stable. At times local roses 

 seem to have felt the heat and natural- 

 ly those from the north then surpass 

 them In quality. First-class American 

 Beauty roses could be had for $1.50 

 and $2 per dozen, but the sale is very 

 slow. White and yellow daisies, as 

 compared with other flowers, have met 

 with a fair demand. Some very fine 

 Spanish iris was seen and this also 

 cleaned up when of small quantity. 

 Yellow cow-slips were late in arriving 

 and as a result are not in demand. 

 Last year they appeared before Easter 

 and met with a ready sale. Some ex- 

 ceptionally fine pansies are offered, but 

 there are few takers. Orchids are 

 scarce, particularly in the darker 

 shades. Schroderae are hard to sell. 

 The quality of gardenias has deteri- 

 orated and no one seems to want them 

 in any quantity. 



THE FLOWER SHOW AT LOWELL. 



The Horticultural Exhibition at Low- 

 ell, Mass., last week, under the aus- 

 pices of the City Beautiful committee 

 was a splendid success, reflecting 

 much credit on its organizers and 

 showing the florist trade in a most en- 

 viable light to the public. The Lowell 

 Board of Trade and the Middlesex 

 Women's Club were active supporters 

 for the purpose of awakening public in- 

 terest in flowers and plants and in- 

 fluencing residents to beautify their 

 home grounds. The flow-er growers 

 and nurserymen in the vicinity of 

 Lowell were almost w-ithout exception 

 rejjresented by large displays of their 

 products and the result was a beauti- 

 ful display, of generous extent and 

 artistic finish. The principal exhibit- 

 ors were John T. Gale of Tewksbury, 

 Whittet & Co., Low-ell; .1. L. Kenney, 

 Low-ell; Frank P. Putnam, the Pleas- 

 ant View Garden, North Tewksbiiry; 

 McManmon's Brookside Nursery, Dra- 

 cut; Backer & Co., Billerica; .Mbert 

 Roper, Tewksbury; Morse & Beals, 

 Lowell; George B. Wright, Robin Hill 



nursery, Chelmsford; the John S. 

 Haynes estate, Lowell; Harvey B. 

 Greene, Lowell; Patten & Co., Tewks- 

 bury; J. K. Chandler, Tewksbury; R. 

 Christofferson, South Lo-well. 



VISITORS' REGISTER- 

 St. Louis, Mo.: J. A. Raynolds, Den- 

 ver, Colo. 



Boston — Walter Gott. representing 

 Sander & Son, St. Albans. England. 



Chicago — W. C. Worley, Henry, 111.: 

 Wm. Metzger, Winona, Minn.: .1. W. 

 Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.; Chas. Hom- 

 ecker. East Orange, N. J. 



San Francisco: J. J. Karins. repre- 

 senting H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia; 

 Benj. Disley, New York; Robert 

 McCarthy. Hudson Falls. N. Y. 



Cincinnati: O. P. Honacker. Lex- 

 ington, Ky.; B. P. Hensley. Knights- 

 to-n-n. Ind.; Joseph Hill and Louis 

 Knopf, Richmond, Ind.; Victor Morgan, 

 representing Lord & Burnhara Co.. 

 New York. 



Washington, D. C. — H. Suydam, rep- 

 resenting the Garland Company, Cleve- 

 land. Ohio; J. J. Grulleman, Lisse, Hol- 

 land: Y. Y. Bak, representing Haerens 

 Wille, Ghent, Belgium, and also Y. 

 Spek, of Boskoon, Holland : P. B. Van 

 Arker, Lovikristi, Belgium. 



Philadelphia: Thomas Roland, Na- 

 hant, Mass.; W. C. Langbridge, Al- 

 bany, N. Y.; A.ntoine Leuthy. Roslin- 

 dale, Mass.; Paul Blockman, Reading. 

 Pa.: Ira L. Anderson. West Park Flor- 

 al Co.. Richmond, Va.; S. E. Scherer. 

 Bethlehem, Pa.; Fred Frank, Reading. 

 Pa.; H. L. Holmes, Harrisburg, Pa. 



STUART H. IVIILLER 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



Nearly 14 yenrs' experience. First year 

 on our own. Watch us grow. 



1617 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



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